Researcher¡¯ s Definitions of ¡°Spiritual Well-Being¡±
in Medical Healthcare and Nursing Studies: A Systematic Review
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Researcher¡¯ s Definitions of ¡°Spiritual Well-Being¡± in Medical Healthcare and Nursing Studies: A Systematic Review
6. SPIRITUALITY STUDIES
TIMELINE::
1965 1971 1972 1975 1992 2000
2015 2016
Science and
Christian Faith
Conference
White
House
Conferenc
e of
Aging
The
national
Interfaith
Coalition
on
Aging
(NICA)
NICA¡¯s
first
workshop
definition
FORSA
issued
SWB in
hospital
WHO¡¯s
Millennium
Developme
nt
Goal
(end:2015)
WHO¡¯s
Stainable
Developme
nt
Goal
(end:2030)
WHO¡¯s Post-
2015
Development
Agenda
7. SPIRITUALITY
IN NURSING
STUDIES::
Medical Healthcare and Nursing
Students have to understand and
implement
SWB concepts.
- Required in Nursing Studies
- Study as one of human well-
being
- One aspect of healthcare
service
- WHO¡¯s Goal of healthcare
¡°Someone in Somewhere¡±
8. DEFINITION DILEMMA::
Until today, there is no universally accepted scientific
definition of spirituality and no consensus concerning its
significance on research and health
(Cobb & Robshaw, 1998; Moberg, 2002).
10. RESEARCH QUESTION::
What are the researcher¡¯s definitions
of ¡°Spiritual Well-Being¡±?
in healthcare and nursing studies
After WHO¡¯s the post-2015 development agenda
11. HOW TO DEFINE THE
DEFINITIONS::
Used
Researcher¡¯s
Instrument dimensions
12. METHODOLOGY
::
? A systematic Review
(2015 ¨C 2017)
? 2S databases
were searched.
Boolean Logic Technique was used
with word identified
¡°Spiritual Well-Being¡±
on the research title
13. RESULTS::
Total: 12 studied
articles
9 retrieved
instruments
23,420articles ¡®spiritual¡¯
22,336 articles ¡®spiritual¡¯ AND
Well Being
28 articles with clearly word ¡°SWB¡± on the
tittle
13 articles not related to nursing and
healthcare
2 articles not English
1article same in another journal
15. RESULTS::
9 types of instruments
name number of use
SWBs
27%
QLQ
6%
RA
6%
FACIT-Sp12
27%
Steinhauser
6%
JAREL
7%
SCCS
7%
SAIL
7%
SSCRS
7%
INSTRUMENTS
SWBs 4
QLQ 1
RA 1
FACIT-Sp12 4
Steinhauser 1
JAREL 1
SCCS 1
SAIL 1
SSCRS 1
16. RESULTS::
Interesting Results
from 3 articles study in Muslim:
1 article used only Quality of Life
Questionnaire.
2 articles used SWBs in cancer patients.
But another articles defined to use FACIT-
Sp12 with
non-Muslim cancer patients.
18. DISCUSSION &
SUGGESTION::
Top 3 Researcher¡¯s
definitions
One¡¯s faith
acceptance
Spiritual on life
Meaning or Hope of
Life
Spiritual experience
Illness CopingChronologic
al illness
patients
are finding
Spiritual
Care
Spiritual experiences
+ Illness coping
[higher level then
general]
(Boonroungrut & Worakul, 2009; Booroungrut, 2013)
20. DISCUSSION &
SUGGESTION::
Put the right man on the right job
Researchers have to
¡°Put the right tool to the right
man¡±.
Elderly
In-out
Patients
Underlying
Illness
Culture ¨C Language
Differences
Primitive Care
Researcher¡¯s
purpose
(Lucchetti et al., 2013; Visser, Garssen, & Vingerhoets, 2016)